# i need something to do **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051 "2003-05-28T16:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/1 "2003-05-28T16:43:56Z")
I’ve read every book I can get my hands on, playing SimCity to death, my friends are all busy, and I’m still waiting for my check to come in the mail. Help!!!☹ :eek: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Faerie\_Nuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/76d3ee/32.png) [@Faerie\_Nuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faerie_Nuff)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/2 "2003-05-28T16:50:07Z")
I’ve been killing time reading the tales sent in to [http://www.techtales.com](http://www.techtales.com) lately. It makes the time fly by and makes me very glad I’m not in tech support. There’s always something to do if you have internet access, it’s just sometimes like channel surfing and there seems to be nothing on. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/3 "2003-05-28T16:51:09Z")
you could go online and find me a house in London - anywhere north of the river with good tube connections. No more than £170 a week with 2 beds please 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/4 "2003-05-28T17:40:38Z")
You could come clean my apartment. I’ll help\*, really. \*help being defined as staying out of your way and wishing my car was here so I could be elsewhere. Along with some complaining about missed spots. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/5 "2003-05-28T17:59:46Z")
SDMB keep me occupied for hours at a time. Between the masturbatory marathons, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/6 "2003-05-28T19:24:14Z")
LOL You guys are too funny. Masturbatory marathons – I know them all too well. You should download Kazaa and get some new games. Postal 2 is pretty fun. You just go around shooting people and decapitating them with shovels! Or you could take up knitting. Or do a jigsaw puzzle of a picture of kitties. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/7 "2003-05-28T19:42:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qazzz \* > **You should download Kazaa and get some new games.** FYI, this board strongly discourages use/encouragement of P2P networks, because of the legal issues that come with them. They’re very strict about this, having sprung from a newspaper column, but it’s so their asses are covered, and we still have this board. Debating the ethics of them is okey dokey, but don’t mention specifics of usage and such. ( **Moderators** - is there an official post about this in the FAQ or registration agreement that can be linked to? I glanced over **Noodles** ’ sticky, but didn’t see anything.) As for boredom- if you’re bored of the SDMB, you have serious problems (I should know). I didn’t see your location, but maybe you can find cheap baseball tickets or something around town. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/8 "2003-05-28T19:44:29Z")
May I suggest: Completing a workable and testable grand unified theory of everything? ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/9 "2003-05-28T19:51:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*FYI, this board strongly discourages use/encouragement of P2P networks, because of the legal issues that come with them. They’re very strict about this, having sprung from a newspaper column, but it’s so their asses are covered, and we still have this board. Debating the ethics of them is okey dokey, but don’t mention specifics of usage and such. > > ( **Moderators** - is there an official post about this in the FAQ or registration agreement that can be linked to? I glanced over **Noodles** ’ sticky, but didn’t see anything.) > > As for boredom- if you’re bored of the SDMB, you have serious problems (I should know). I didn’t see your location, but maybe you can find cheap baseball tickets or something around town. \*\* Postal 2 isn’t out yet if I remember so you’d be downloading the demo. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/10 "2003-05-28T19:55:36Z")
It’s fun to read the Television Without Pity recaps. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/11 "2003-05-28T20:18:57Z")
[Ask the Oracle.](http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/index.cgi) ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/12 "2003-05-28T20:33:23Z")
Oh, sorry about mentioning the P2P software… Yes that’s exactly what I meant – download demos! Yes, demos, that’s it. Or just keep masturbating. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/13 "2003-05-29T03:08:11Z")
Good cover. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/14 "2003-05-29T03:20:49Z")
Step 1 - Take flying pan Step 2 - Hit head with pan Step 3 - Go back to to step 2 Oh, and Postal 2 is big steaming pile of poo. Don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![a\_bird\_on\_the\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@a\_bird\_on\_the\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_bird_on_the_wire)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/15 "2003-05-29T17:08:05Z")
you could pay my taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/16 "2003-05-29T17:22:25Z")
Read _House Made of Dawn_ and write me an essay (6-10 pages, if you please) on any theme in it. And you know, when masturbation’s lost its fun you’re fucking lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/17 "2003-05-29T17:41:10Z")
Write your congressman. If you don’t have any axes to grind, ask him how his day is going, and what his favorite book is. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-something-to-do/178051/18 "2003-05-29T17:56:06Z")
Volunteer! Need some ideas? Donate blood. Call a church and see if they need help with Vacation Bible School. Answer the phone for a help hotline. Take a CPR class. Bake a cake, then visit someone who lives alone and eat it with him or her. Write a letter to a relative. Or, take a walk. Re-pot your plants. Rearrange the furniture in the living room. Make list of your favorite people, and why. Stretch and do some yoga. Dye your hair.